NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 15: The Nike 'swoosh' logo is displayed on the outside of the Nike SoHo store, June 15, 2017 in New York City. Nike announced plans on Thursday to cut about 2 percent of its global workforce. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
<p data-pm-slice="0 0 []">The United States Postal Service might soon be serving Nike a sippy sip of their own right to protect the use of their brand. Earlier this week, USPS<a href="https://about.usps.com/newsroom/statements/040121-the-nike-air-force-one-usps.htm"> released a statement</a> calling out the footwear company for one of their upcoming designs.</p>
<p>The statement came after USPS took notice of the similarities between their priority mail boxes and Nike&#8217;s &#8216;Air Force 1 Experimental&#8217; shoe. The shoe in question features red, white and blue colors with faint words written all over. But the design element that really screams &#8220;USPS inspired&#8221; is the shipping labels attached to the back of the shoes. Nike, however, was careful not to include the postal service official logo or name.</p>
<p>In their statement, USPS made it clear that the agency doesn&#8217;t receive tax dollars for operation costs and instead rely on &#8220;the sale of postage, products and services.&#8221; They continued on to say that &#8220;sales of unauthorized and unlicensed products deny support to the hardworking women and men of the Postal Service.&#8221;</p>
<p>This comes just days after Nike&#8217;s decision to <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/nike-is-suing-the-company-that-partnered-with-lil-nas-x-for-his-satan-shoes-update/">file a lawsuit</a> against MSCHF Product Studio for creating and selling a &#8216;Satan Shoes&#8217; version of their Nike Air Max 97 shoes. The &#8216;Satan Shoes&#8217; are a collaboration with <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/lil-nas-x-speaks-out-after-judge-stops-the-sale-of-his-satan-shoes-update/">Lil Nas X</a>. They dropped as a follow-up to Lil Nas X&#8217;s controversial &#8216;Montero (Call Me By Your Name)&#8217; music video, which displays a hell bound strip pole and a lap dance for the Devil from the rapper.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is an unfortunate situation where a large brand such as Nike, which aggressively protects its own intellectual property, has chosen to leverage another brand for its own gain,&#8221; USPS said.</p>
<p>USPS also expressed disappointment in Nike over their &#8220;lack of response&#8221; to multiple attempts to find a solution. The mailing agency ended the statement by standing ten toes tall on behalf of their brand.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Postal Service will take whatever actions it deems necessary to protect its valuable IP rights.&#8221;</p>
<p>Roommates, what do y&#8217;all think about this flipped roles situation?</p>
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